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What's Windows like on it? Any major app limitations you've run into? To be honest I'd love to try it out with Debian once all the upstream support is merged.
by janice1999 2y ago
What's Windows like on it? Any major app limitations you've run into?
To be honest I'd love to try it out with Debian once all the upstream support is merged.
- goosedragons 2y agoIME the only major app limitations are games. All the browsers now have a native ARM version. It's possible to get ARM Emacs, R, Visual Studio etc. Most other stuff works fine over compatibility. I have run into one program that would not install because it hard-codes a check for x64. It wasn't anything major and I cant even recall what it was though. I have heard about issues with printer drivers but I don't have a printer or any other devices that don't just use some generic driver.
- canucker2016 2y agoMicrosoft released an update to their Prism x64 emulator for ARM, see https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/6/24289844/microsoft-windows-on-arm-emulator-prism-update https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/6/24289844/microsoft-window... With this update, Microsoft’s emulator will open up support for 64-bit x86 software to use processor extensions like AVX, AVX2, BMI, FMA, and F16C. However, it says 32-bit software still won’t be able to detect the new emulator support, so some programs still might have trouble. Supporting newer-than-MMX-SIMD CPU instructions may help some games run on ARM now.